Research Aids & Grants – College of Otorhinolaryngologists and Head & Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka

DJ Premachandra Educational Grant

The following are the conditions which would govern the grant of money to ENT Senior Registrars (i.e. post MD Trainees) & newly qualified consultants, for an educational course in ENT, from the fund created by the donation (Rs One million) given by Mr. D.J. Premachandra.

The council of the college will contribute a similar amount (i.e. One million Rupees) to this fund so that the total amount of the fund will be Rupees two million.

The fund would be named DJ Premachandra Educational grant
The amount of money granted would be 2/3 of the course fee and travel expenses, up to a maximum equal to the annual interest collected from the fund,
The candidate would be chosen by calling applications from Senior Registrars and consultants up to seven years after board certification.
The college council will identify the suitable courses and inform the members / advertise in the web and call for applications.
Criteria for selection – Candidates (up to two) who collect maximum points on the point scheme given below will be selected.
1. Undergraduate and postgraduate
  For First attempt pass in selection examination (MD/MS PART 1) two points and for first attempt pass in MD/MS two points.
2. Research & Publications by the candidate
  Three points for each article published in peer reviewed Journals, One point each for published abstracts (Maximum of 6) & three points for the best paper award of annual session of CORLHNS.
3. Duration in the specialty
  Number of years after MD till Board certification – one point per year (maximum of three). Post Board certification – two points per year.

The candidates need to make their order of preferences for the advertised educational courses in their applications.
Any member who receives the grant would not be eligible to apply for a second time within the next 3 years
Any member who fail to attend the course without a valid reason , after being selected will not be eligible to apply for the grant again
Any member who receives money from this fund should declare that no other funding is granted for the same course by any other person or company
The final decision regarding the selection would be taken by the college council.

Application Form

Research Grant - College of Otorhinolaryngologists - Sri Lanka

College of Otorhinolaryngologists – Sri Lanka decided to establish a research grant to promote research – related activities among college members.

The maximum grant allocation per year is Rs. 300,000, and grant approvals will be done up to the allocated amount per year.
Only college members can apply for the grant benefits, and the principal investigator of the research project should be a college member (both ordinary and associate members are eligible).
Eligibility to apply for the research grant is based on research work done in the considering year or the previous year. One research project will be considered for one category of grant at any time and will be eligible only for one year of grant.
The college will call for applications, and applicants need to apply before the closing date.
Priority for grant consideration will be given in the following order, with the highest priority given to publications done in indexed journals. Following research grants will be allocated to each category and application should be submitted after publication with the evidence of publication.

Research grants will be considered under the following categories:

Research article publication in an indexed journal: Rs. 30,000
Research article publication in other journals: Rs. 20,000
Oral presentation in a scientific conference (foreign): Rs. 25,000
Oral presentation in a scientific conference (local): Rs. 10,000
Case report publication in any journal: Rs. 10,000
Poster presentation in any conference: Rs. 10,000
All the research publications should have an ethics review approval letter and should be submitted with the application for the grant.
MD research projects are not eligible for the grant.

The Research Committee will make the recommendations on applications and seek approval from the council.
Final decisions on applications are made by the Council of the College of Otorhinolaryngologists, Sri Lanka.

Publications done under the following will be considered as Indexed journals